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  2. Banking model of education - Wikipedia

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    Banking model of education ( Portuguese: modelo bancário de educação) is a term coined by Paulo Freire to describe and critique the established education system in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. [1] [2] The name refers to the metaphor of students as containers into which educators must put knowledge.

  3. Great-West Lifeco - Wikipedia

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    Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Company is a company that provides individuals and businesses in all of the USA's states with life insurance, retirement benefits (which are paid for by employers) and annuities distributed by its own brokers and institutions. This division began operations in the USA on May 28, 1997.

  4. Midwest Invasion of 1967 - Wikipedia

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    2,000. The Midwest Invasion of 1967 (August 9 – September 20, 1967) codenamed Operation Torch, [1] was a military operation between Nigerian and Biafran military forces during the Nigerian Civil War. The invasion began on August 9 when 3,000 Biafran soldiers led by General Victor Banjo crossed the River Niger Bridge into Asaba.

  5. Pentagon Federal Credit Union - Wikipedia

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    Total assets. $34,823,233,611 (2023) [1] Website. penfed.org. Pentagon Federal Credit Union, widely known by its abbreviated name PenFed, is a United States federal credit union headquartered in McLean, Virginia, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). PenFed is the nation's third largest ...

  6. Online banking - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Online banking, also known as internet banking, virtual banking, web banking or home banking, is a system that enables customers of a bank or other financial institution to conduct a range of financial transactions through the financial institution's website or mobile app. Since the early 2000s this has become the most common way that ...

  7. Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia

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    Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...

  8. Microfinance - Wikipedia

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    Microfinance. An Afghan woman doing microfinanced sewing work. Microfinance is a of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; savings and checking accounts; microinsurance; and ...

  9. Banking in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Banking in South Africa is centred on the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), which is the monetary authority and controls gold and foreign exchange reserves. Legislation and regulatory authorities. Banks Act, 1990. Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017. Prudential Authority within SARB.